Too late for Christmas, but here it is. Our wind and rain has turned into flaky rain blowing sideways.
The video clip I’ve attached doesn’t really show anything, but just the fact that I’ve posted it must show how incredulous I am about the white stuff coming down after weeks and weeks of wind and rain.
The wet stuff has changed
The drops rearranged,
Snowflakes come down,
They’re blowing around,
Gray sky and breeze,
I’m down on my knees,
I pray it won’t last
And it melts away fast.
January 8, 2019 at 12:16 pm
It is pretty!
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January 8, 2019 at 1:52 pm
It is that! I’m glad I refilled the birdfeeders yesterday.
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January 8, 2019 at 12:29 pm
So far, we’ve avoided this in my part of the midwest. Stay warm!
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January 8, 2019 at 1:51 pm
I’m happy for you. I’m also counting on our forecasted rain for tomorrow or the next day.
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January 8, 2019 at 12:44 pm
Don’t you just love that sound of snow, the way it absorbs noises and causes silence? That looked a little heavy and drifty though. Your weather usually comes our way, but then turns into something a little different. We’re due for snow this weekend. I’m actually looking forward to it, since it’s not a work day and they’re saying it’ll only be a couple of inches. Hopefully that’s all. Today it’s super windy but sunny.
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January 8, 2019 at 12:48 pm
Since I posted this we’ve had a real dump of snow. Looks pretty but I wouldn’t want to drive in it.
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January 8, 2019 at 2:33 pm
I’d be right there with you praying, Anneli! It’s pretty, until you have to venture out on the roads.
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January 8, 2019 at 2:35 pm
Exactly. Luckily I don’t have to go anywhere.
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January 8, 2019 at 4:09 pm
You’re fortunate, Anneli.
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January 8, 2019 at 3:07 pm
I love to watch snow come down and have it stay … as long as I can stay snug and warm inside. I hear you!
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January 8, 2019 at 4:31 pm
It’s been coming down all day, looking pretty, but very “stay-at-homish.”
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January 8, 2019 at 5:15 pm
Really got a kick out of your poem, Anneli. The video was fun to see with the snow actually falling. Good luck in the wintry days ahead…stay warm and bake a lot. 🙂
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January 9, 2019 at 12:09 am
Thanks, Jet. I should have waited, as it got thicker and heavier as the day went on. Too late now, as it’s turning to rain.
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January 8, 2019 at 5:57 pm
Well it’s a change from the constant rain. I do like the photo and poem too.
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January 9, 2019 at 12:09 am
I think it was probably just a quick interlude and then we’ll be back to the usual. But it was pretty for a while.
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January 8, 2019 at 6:56 pm
I’ve got more than enough flakes up here in NWT. 😉
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January 9, 2019 at 12:10 am
And here I thought you were in Kelowna, If you’re in NWT, then … brrrr.
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January 9, 2019 at 4:48 am
My home is in Penticton. I work in NWT though.
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January 9, 2019 at 9:17 am
Okay, I’m not losing it completely (just a little bit). 😉
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January 8, 2019 at 7:34 pm
We’ve had a bit of that white rain too. Strange too, as it melts the next day.
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January 9, 2019 at 12:11 am
Yes, it’s not staying long here, and actually we were surprised that it snowed so late in the season.
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January 9, 2019 at 8:53 am
I could have sent you the same video from here today, it looked very similar. I like the poem and also the video. Stay warm, I do the same
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January 9, 2019 at 9:20 am
It’s pretty, but it sure changes everything.
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January 9, 2019 at 12:19 pm
I’m a teeny tiny itty bitty jealous, Anneli. We’re still stuck on rain. 🙂 I’m glad it melted fast, though.
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January 9, 2019 at 3:52 pm
We’re back to rain and wind, wind and rain. The little bit of snow left on the ground is quickly becoming slush,
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January 11, 2019 at 3:35 am
So pretty!
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January 11, 2019 at 9:44 am
I agree, It looks so good when the world gets a whitewashing once in a while.
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January 11, 2019 at 1:59 pm
Yes, it does!
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January 11, 2019 at 4:22 am
I’m like you, Anneli. Awww, isn’t it pretty. Now, please STOP! We had snow flurries all day yesterday that produced nothing but wind, the best kind of wintery day. Today, it’s in the 20s, so windy that the chimes are down, and sunny, Brrrrrr.
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January 11, 2019 at 9:43 am
Exactly. It all got worse before it got better and I hope to show that on my next post (whenever I “get it together”).
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January 12, 2019 at 7:24 am
You certainly captured how I feel about snow—give me rain any day! I’m from the cold, windy plains of the Canadian prairies, and couldn’t wait until I could move to the Pacific West Coast. Much happier here—and much warmer!
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January 12, 2019 at 11:51 am
Yes, I know that feeling too. I grew up in Dawson Creek (-40). I like to see a bit of snow for a day or two and then I’ve had enough.
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